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INDEX. 



Hives and their manipulation, 

 274. 



Hives, invertihle, 249. 



Hiving bees. 210. 



Holteinian, R. F., Trans, of the 

 German of J. L.. Christ, 

 10, 28. 5fi, 87, 127. 226, 278. 



Honey analyses, 2(57, 209. 



Honey and its adulterations, 

 2G5, 283. 



Honey, composition of. 265. 



Honey extractor, 13(3, 162. 



Honey harvest in Switzer- 

 land, 274. 



Honey market, 205. 



Honey market in Switzerland, 

 274. 



Honey report from England, 



How can a virgin queen be 

 safely introduced ; 206. 



How to form nuclei, 127. 



Howes reversible frame sup- 

 port, 124. 



Huber, Francis, New observa- 

 tions on the natural history 

 of bees, 63, 94, 133, 156, 181, 

 204, 229, 253. 



Hybrid honey sages of Cali- 

 fornia, 49. 



Improprieties in journalism, 



Indiana state fair, 213. 

 Insects, muscular strength of, 



45. 

 Instructions to beginners, 130, 



159, 175, 250. 

 Interesting notes, 105. 

 Introducing queens, 107, 286. 

 Inverted cane sugar, 271. 

 Invertible hives, 249, 282. 

 Is beekeeping profitable ? 64, 



Italian beekeepers' meeting 

 at Milan, 274. 



Kangaroo Island enterprise, 

 259. 



Kellogg, Will. M., Answers to 

 questions, 261, 290. 



Lake, C. H., A few facts con- 

 cerning beeswax, 256. 



Langstroth, L. L., Hlack bees, 

 more dispo'^ed to rob and li- 

 able to be robbed, than Ital- 

 ians, 197. 



Langstroth, L. L., Observa- 

 tions upon drones, 217. 



Lashier, J. L., Which is the 

 most profitable race of bees? 

 125. 



Letter Box, 24, 120, 143, 192, 

 216, 239, 264. 



Limitation of the visual field 

 of the worker lioney bees' 

 ocelli, 139. 



Locality to be considered in 

 management of bees, 244. 



Locke, S. M., Introducing 

 queens, 107, 108. 



Loss and saving of honey 

 comb, 188. 



Marketing honey, 42. 



Marketing products, 103. 



Marsh, D. D.. Answers to 

 questions. 262. 



Marsh, D. D., Locality to be 

 considered in tiie manage- 

 ment of bees, 242. 



Martin. ,lohn H., Answers to 

 questions, 261. 



McCaul & Hildreth, The hon- 

 ey market, 205. 



Moses Quinby and his life 

 work, 1. 



Muscular strength of insects, 



Nebraska beekeepers' associ- 

 ation, report of, 48. 



New inventions and discover- 

 ies, 112. 



New bee disease, 2.58. 



New Jersey and eastern bee- 

 keepers' association, 213. 



Newman, Thos. G., Marketing 

 honey, 42. 



New manual, 18. 



New obsei vations on the nat- 

 ural history of bees. 63, 94, 

 133,156,181,204.229,253. 



New vs. the old, 200, 222. 



New York and Florida, 18, 63, 

 98, 138, 136, 184. 



New Zealand, shipment of 

 queens to, 16. 



News I'rom California, 208. 



News from New York, 138. 



North American beekeepers' 

 convention, report of,41. 



North and south in bee culture, 

 225. 



Northeastern beekeepers'asso- 

 ciation, 69, 106. 



Notes and queries, 19, 39, 68, 

 102, 141, 165, 188, 209, 234, 258, 



Notes from Australia, 234. 



Notes from California, 65. 



Notes from New Zealand, 66, 

 99. 



Notes from Norway, 32. 



Notes from "Dun Glen" 

 aitiary, 206. 



Notes from the Bienenzeitung, 

 149. 



Nuclei, how to form, 127. 



Observations upon drones, 

 217. 



Oliver, Henry K., Ox-cow 

 queen bees, 186. 



On the origin of the cells of 

 the hive bee, 52. 



Peet, T. O., The big drum, 172- 



, The new vs. the 



old, 200. 222. 



Phelps. W. G., Why not keep 

 bees ? 27. 



Pond, J. E., jr.. Answers to 

 questions. 21, 71, 191, 237, 

 239, 261, 289. 



Polarization ot honey, 268. 



Premiums awarded at Iowa 

 state fair, 236. 



Preparing bees for winter, 277. 



Pryal, W. A., Hybrid honey 

 sages of California, 49. 



Pryal, W. A., Notes from Cal- 

 ifornia. 65. 



Queens and colonies, record 

 of. 1.50. 



QuestionbyJ.B. Hall, 47. 



Questions and answers, 31, 71. 

 119, 168, 190, 214, 237, 2,50, 288. 



Questions by a novice, 46. 



by a beekeeper, 216, 



239, 263. 



Questions by a reader, 260. 



by H. Alley, 288. 



by D. d: Marsh, 288, 



by W. J. Rasin, 47. 



Races of bees, 285. 



Rearing queens, 106. 



Receptaculum seminis of bees, 

 73. 



Record of queens and colo- 

 nies, 1.50. 



Remarkable yields of honey, 

 284. 



Report from Milledgeville, 

 111., 34. 



Reversible frame, 116. 



Root, L. C, Advanced bee 

 culture, 196. 



Root, L. C., Ans. to questions, 

 23, 71, 72, 168, 238,262, 289. 



Root, Jj. C, The honey mar- 

 ket, 110, 



Root, L. C, Wintering bees, 9, 



25, 56, 86. 

 Russell. P. R., Feeding bees 



and feeders, 244. 



Safe wintering of bees, 36. 

 Scottish court decysionon a 



bee-trial, 272. 

 Sherman, Sallie E., What a 



woman can do with bees, 



225. 

 Sherman, Sallie E., Beekeep- 

 ing for women, 246. 

 Sliipment of queens to New 



Zealand, 16. 

 Siiuck, J. M., Invertible hives, 



249. 

 Simmons, J. C, Chaff hives 



and destruction of brood, 



137. 

 Smith, Chas. H., Question bv, 



263. 

 Smoking bees, 284. 

 Snell, F. A,, Report from Mil- 

 ledgeville, 111., 34. 

 South, bee culture in, 177, 199, 



241. 

 Si)iders as comb protectors, 



209. 

 Spring feeding. 279. 

 Spring dwindling, cause and 



prevention, 70. 

 Stachelhauseu, L., Foul brood, 



5. 

 Stachelhauseu. L., Something 



new fiom Germany, 83. 

 St. Joseph (Mo.) exposition, 



2.33. 

 Swinson, Abbott L., North and 



south in bee culture, 225. 



The best frame, 247. 

 The big drum, 172. 

 The coming frame, 207. 

 The lioney market, 110. 

 Tinker, G. L., The best frame, 



247. 

 Todd. Arthur, Beekeeping as 



pursuit, 121. 

 Todd, Arthur, Foreign notes, 



193, 218. 

 Todd, Arthur, Muscular 



strength of insects, 25. 

 Todd, Arthur, On tlie origin 



of the cells ot the hive uee, 



52. 



Utility of feeders, 223. 



Virgin queen, how safely in- 

 troduced, 207. 



Visit to the New England fair, 

 233, 



Wabash (Ind ) convention, 213. 



Western beekeepers' associa- 

 tion, 285. 



What a woman can do with 

 bees, 2.55. 



Which is the most profitable 

 race of bees ? 125. 



Whose liat is it? 85. 



Wliy not keep bees ? 27. 



Why tlic bees die. 244. 



Wdey, honey and its adultera- 

 tions, 265. 



Wintering bees, 9, 25, 43, 56, 

 162. 



Wintering, report on, for 1885,- 

 162, 285. 



Wirdman, J. H., Answers to 

 questions, 120. 



Women as beekeepers, 214. 



Young, Ivar S., Notes from 

 Norway, 32. 



Zabriskie, Limitation of visual 

 field of ocelli of Morker 

 honey bee, 139. 



